I have to say … this was a pretty boring month up until these last couple days. No offense to anyone, of course. But have a look: If not for the current hot news, there wouldn’t even be a RANTS category below. Fortunately, we got some news and several terrific rants. Whew! Blogger of the month has to be Matt Bailey; I think he only wrote three posts all month, and all three are included below. Well done, Matt.

Here’s my roundup of the best search/marketing posts during May. If you’re new to SBS, this is a monthly feature and will lead to something fun later in the year. You can find earlier “Best Of”s for each month in the archives. Only rule is that my own posts are not eligible.